
Starting to use Disk Utility
Disk Utility lets you configure and manage disks. Using Disk Utility, you can:
- Test and repair disks.
- Test and repair permissions problems on disks installed with Mac OS X.
- Erase disks and volumes, including erasing them so that the files on the disk cannot be recovered.
- quot;Partition" disks into sections called "volumes." Each volume appears as a disk in the Finder. You can store your files and applications on different volumes to help organize and manage them.
- Set up a RAID set to store mission critical data on several disks. This can improve performance or provide data redundancy. RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) lets you determine how your data is stored to best meet your requirements.
- Store files in a "disk image," a single file that you can use to move files from one computer to another, backup and archive your work, or burn on a CD or DVD. You can also use disk images to restore software and files onto your computer.
- See detailed information about a disk or volume.